Why is Global Volunteering Important ?
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When some one learned of my upcoming trip to Africa they asked me why I thought it was important to travel to other parts of the world to help others when there is such a great need at home. I had been thinking about this myself and here are some of those thoughts.
- Â To help us to recognize and decrease our own ethnocentricities and prejudices
- To learn from others about things we have no idea we don’t know.
- To foster acceptance and open our hearts to those we view as “different” from ourselves.
- To make small footprints on the road to world peace.
- To add perspective to our own worries and “needs”.
- To appreciate all we have, and to share it with those who have the least.
- To let the world know that the people of the United States are good people, caring and compassionate.
- Â To learn to view God and the spirit in a more global way.
Shine :
Date: September 14, 2008 @ 10:50 am
I have been trying to explain all those things to people here and there america specially we cannot live in this small box, call it tv, news, media, politics national, we need to know there is much more to learn, and we have this life to do it, the time is running and we need to learn, ask, travel, open our eyes, new eyes, new ears, listen not hear and hope and do something.